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It's easier to setup and manage than other music streaming servers. The latest version of mStream Express doesn't have an dependencies. You can get your server

It's easier to setup and manage than other music streaming servers. The latest version of mStream Express doesn't have an dependencies. You can get your server running in 30 seconds since nothing else has to be installed or configured. It also works for Windows, which most servers don't support. Here's a video of v0.1 of mStream Express being setup in under a minute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzuxYTaixpU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzuxYTaixpU

mumphster 9y ago
Can't you do something similar with plex? I don't remember doing much other than using their installer. Good work though, although I don't listen to much non-streaming (spotify) music lately.
- kstenerud 9y ago
  Plex kind of works, but if their central server thinks it's offline for some reason (which happens a LOT), you can't use it, even if you connect directly to it over LAN.
  - JoyWolf12 9y ago
    Music support in Plex is rudimentary at best. I have no doubt that MStream is leaps and bounds better. However, your statement is an `alternative fact` at best, and I am being generous.
  - jjeaff 9y ago
    That's interesting. I have been using Plex for a few years now as my primary media source which means several hours of streaming use daily both at home and travelling and have never had any issue related to the Plex central server being down.
  - mikewhy 9y ago
    Eh? I connect directly to the computers, either from LAN or WAN+port forwarding, and only have an issue if my home connection is having issues.
    - kstenerud 9y ago
      Hmm weird. I'd be connecting directly to it, as in 192.168.1.10:32400/web and all it would do is redirect to plex.com and then complain that the server is offline. Refreshing a few times would sometimes fix it, but usually not.
      - 0x6c6f6c 9y ago
        Even prior to setting up port forwarding I have never had this issue with Plex :/
  - matrixagent 9y ago
    I've used Plex for more than five years and that happened like… three or four times. That sounds like a problem in your network setup. You can also always connect directly to it and skip the central server completely. A PMS does not need an internet connection at all.
mikewhy 9y ago
Does it do any encoding to make sure it can play on the client?
- mStreamTeam 9y ago
  No, mStream doesn't support transcoding. Instead the webapp falls back to using aurora JS for codecs the browser doesn't support. This was mto support flac, but now browsers are starting to add flac support so it's not really that useful anymore

mumphster 9y ago

Can't you do something similar with plex? I don't remember doing much other than using their installer. Good work though, although I don't listen to much non-streaming (spotify) music lately.

kstenerud 9y ago
Plex kind of works, but if their central server thinks it's offline for some reason (which happens a LOT), you can't use it, even if you connect directly to it over LAN.
- JoyWolf12 9y ago
  Music support in Plex is rudimentary at best. I have no doubt that MStream is leaps and bounds better. However, your statement is an `alternative fact` at best, and I am being generous.
- jjeaff 9y ago
  That's interesting. I have been using Plex for a few years now as my primary media source which means several hours of streaming use daily both at home and travelling and have never had any issue related to the Plex central server being down.
- mikewhy 9y ago
  Eh? I connect directly to the computers, either from LAN or WAN+port forwarding, and only have an issue if my home connection is having issues.
  - kstenerud 9y ago
    Hmm weird. I'd be connecting directly to it, as in 192.168.1.10:32400/web and all it would do is redirect to plex.com and then complain that the server is offline. Refreshing a few times would sometimes fix it, but usually not.
    - 0x6c6f6c 9y ago
      Even prior to setting up port forwarding I have never had this issue with Plex :/
- matrixagent 9y ago
  I've used Plex for more than five years and that happened like… three or four times. That sounds like a problem in your network setup. You can also always connect directly to it and skip the central server completely. A PMS does not need an internet connection at all.

mikewhy 9y ago

Does it do any encoding to make sure it can play on the client?

mStreamTeam 9y ago
No, mStream doesn't support transcoding. Instead the webapp falls back to using aurora JS for codecs the browser doesn't support. This was mto support flac, but now browsers are starting to add flac support so it's not really that useful anymore